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I live in a 4 unit strata title that is we self manage. All four owners are on the exec committee. Of the 4 units in the strata 3 have unit entitlements of 260 and 1 has unit entitlements of 300. One of the owners of the 4 units ( for convenience I will refer to this person as 'Fred' – this is not their real name) voluntered to do the main tasks of running the strata e.g. collecting levies, managing maintenance, paying insurance etc. Fred has been doing this for about 2 years. The strata contributes to Fred's costs for this e.g. phone bills, postage etc. Fred now wants to be paid some money from the strata for their time and effort in this. THerefore Fred person put forward a motion at the our last meeting that they be paid $600 for running the strata. When we voted at the meeting it was 2 votes for (nb. one of these votes was from the unit with the unit entitlement of 300) and 2 against. OUr dispute now is whether this motion passed or not. Fred believes that the motion passed as he says from the 'Poll vote' method they have more unit entitlement votes for the motion (i.e. 560 for to 520 against).

 

I have read the strata booklet and it mentions about resolutions and special resolutions and the different voting methods needed to pass these motions )i.e. special resolutions need 75% majority by unit entitlement), however it does not define what a special resolution is or what a normal resolution is. Could it be claimed that as Fred has a financial benefit to gain from this vote that they should abstain from voting. If they did abstain from the vote then it would have been 2 votes against and 1 for.

 

Also the meeting when this motion was voted on was not an AGM, does this make any difference?

 

Could you please provide any advice on if this motion passed or not? And how to determine how a vote should be decided on when it is tied?

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